bootptab(5) [osx man page]

BOOTPTAB(5)						      BSD File Formats Manual						       BOOTPTAB(5)

NAME

     bootptab -- Internet Bootstrap Protocol server database

DESCRIPTION

     The file /etc/bootptab contains a list of host entries used by bootpd (see bootpd(8)) to associate a hardware address with a particular IP
     address.

     The bootptab file contains two sections.	The two sections are separated by a single line containing just "%%".  The first section is
     ignored.  The second section contains host entries, one host per line.  The format of the line is:
     hostname	  hwtype     hwaddr	ipaddr	   bootfile

EXAMPLES

     Here is an example /etc/bootptab:
     #
     # bootptab example
     #
     %%
     # machine entries have the following format:
     #
     # hostname      hwtype  hwaddr		 ipaddr 	 bootfile
     client1	     1	     00:01:02:03:04:05	 10.0.0.20	 boot0
     client2	     1	     00:a0:b2:ef:ff:0a	 10.0.0.20	 boot

SEE ALSO

     xinetd(8), tftpd(8), netinfo(5), exports(5)

Mac OS X							 September 7, 2006							  Mac OS X

bptojdb(8)						      System Manager's Manual							bptojdb(8)

NAME

       bptojdb - Converts bootptab entries into permanent, static IP entries for JOIN databases.

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/bptojdb [-m  | -f] filename

OPTIONS

       Create  client  IDs  for  Microsoft  DHCP  clients.   Microsoft	does  not use the client's MAC address by itself as the client identifier.
       Instead, it prepends a 01 (Ethernet) to the MAC address and changes the hardware type to 0 (generic).  If the clients in your bootptab file
       are  Microsoft  clients, you will need to use the -m option.  Create client IDs for FTP Software's DHCP clients.  FTP Software does not use
       the client's MAC address by itself as the client identifier.  Instead, it creates a 16-byte client identifier with the prefix  "cid-".	If
       the clients in your bootptab file are FTP Software DHCP clients, you will need to use the -f option.

DESCRIPTION

       The bptojdb program reads entries in a standard bootptab file and creates permanent, static IP entries for the JOIN databases.  After read-
       ing the bootptab file, bptojdb displays to the standard output entries in a format suitable for the jdbmod utility. Each MAC address in the
       bootptab  file  is  given  a static IP address with a permanent lease.  To store the information in the JOIN databases, run jdbmod with the
       converted data. For example: bptojdb bootptab | jdbmod

FILES

SEE ALSO

       Commands: jdbdump(8), jdbmod(8)

																	bptojdb(8)